| Literature DB >> 34099808 |
Luis Fernando Saraiva Macedo Timmers1,2, Julia Vasconcellos Peixoto3, Rodrigo Gay Ducati4, José Fernando Ruggiero Bachega5, Leandro de Mattos Pereira6, Rafael Andrade Caceres5,7,8, Fernanda Majolo4, Guilherme Liberato da Silva9, Débora Bublitz Anton4, Odir Antônio Dellagostin10, João Antônio Pegas Henriques4,11, Léder Leal Xavier12, Márcia Inês Goettert4,11, Stefan Laufer13.
Abstract
Due to the high rate of transmissibility, Brazil became the new COVID-19 outbreak epicenter and, since then, is being monitored to understand how SARS-CoV-2 mutates and spreads. We combined genomic and structural analysis to evaluate genomes isolated from different regions of Brazil and show that the most prevalent mutations were located in the S, N, ORF3a and ORF6 genes, which are involved in different stages of viral life cycle and its interaction with the host cells. Structural analysis brought to light the positions of these mutations on protein structures, contributing towards studies of selective structure-based drug discovery and vaccine development.Entities:
Year: 2021 PMID: 34099808 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91585-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sci Rep ISSN: 2045-2322 Impact factor: 4.379